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Nursing Science: Children and Families Study Section [NSCF]

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The Nursing Science: Children and Families Study Section (NSCF) reviews applications that address the science that underpins clinical practice and is concerned with preventing, delaying the onset, and slowing the progression of disease and disability from preconception to young adulthood. Emphasis is on elucidating approaches to achieve and sustain healthy family functioning, promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, reducing health disparities, easing the symptoms of illness, addressing issues at the end-of-life, and improving quality of life for patients, caregivers and families. Specific areas targeting infants, children, adolescents, and young adults covered by NSCF:

Health promotion and disease prevention, including studies on normal growth and development; maturational processes; pregnancy; parenting; family functioning; exercise; nutrition; obesity prevention; health risk behaviors; injury prevention; and biomarkers to assess disease risk and response to treatment.
Clinical management in acute and chronic illnesses, including studies on clinical decision-making; self-care behaviors; functional status; quality of life; adherence; provider-patient communication; caregiver issues; family illness management; new technologies to improve clinical care; and care at the end-of-life.
Health disparities research, including studies on the needs of racial and ethnic minorities and other health disparity groups with limited access to care; potential mechanisms underlying health disparities; and interventions aimed at reducing risk factors for disparate health outcomes.
Health care delivery research related to patient outcomes, including studies on patient outcomes of acute, long-term, home, and community health care; and quality, cost-effectiveness and informatics issues.

Study Sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order:

Behavioral Medicine Interventions and Outcomes [BMIO]
Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention [PDRP]
Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities [CPDD]